Dongzhu Earrings: Earrings are inlaid with gold, each with three Dongzhu. Empresses and concubines in the Qing Dynasty wore earrings of different grades. The queen in court clothes wore three oriental pearls, while concubines wore a pair of pearls, which were usually casual.
Emerald bracelet: composed of 18 emerald beads and two tourmaline beads, it is connected with the head of tourmaline Buddha, and is equipped with ornaments such as diamonds, rubies, pearls and knots. Bracelets can be worn on your wrist or hung on the buttons of your skirt.
emerald bracelet
Empresses and concubines in the Qing Dynasty wore flat square clothes made of gold, silver, jade, jadeite, hawksbill, carnation, sandalwood, pearls and precious stones. Its exquisite workmanship is rare in the world. For example, gold silk dipped in jade, silver inlaid with precious stones, golden flower jade carving, and so on. On a narrow plane with a square width of only one inch, exquisite and realistic patterns such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, pavilions, melons and fruits can be made.
Diancuitouhua
The technology of putting flowers on a blue background is called "Diancui", which is a variety of jewelry objects made by sticking the feathers of kingfisher to metal with special adhesive. In ancient Yunnan and other places, hundreds of pairs of kingfisher skins were presented to the imperial court every year, and various headdresses, landscape hanging screens, bonsai flowers and leaves were made with this feather. According to the different parts and crafts, Cui Yu can present different colors such as Bajiaoyue, lake color and deep blue, and the magical light of bird feathers makes the whole work full of changes and liveliness.
The flat square of Manchu women in Qing Dynasty is similar to the long hairpin in Han Dynasty in function and size. It's just different people. It can be inferred that the rectangle may have evolved from the long hairpin. But there are also rectangular ones and small ones. At the funeral, the wife was her husband Dai Xiao. Put down the "two heads" and insert a small flat bone about 3 inches into the head. If the daughter-in-law is Dai Xiao, a small square of silver or copper should be inserted to show the difference.
The head flower of the Qing Palace is made of precious stones, with holes drilled at the bottom of the bud, and thin copper wire wound into a spring, which has great elasticity and moves gently and keeps swinging. Make birds' eyes, tentacles, plant beards and branches lifelike. Wearing it on women's heads undoubtedly adds a bit of charm.
Touhua is the main jewelry of empresses in Qing dynasty, and it is inlaid with jewels. Empresses and concubines like to wear headdresses. Because of its large flowers and large coverage, it looks magnificent when worn between the "two ends". The headdress flower has the intention of beautifying the bun, and also shows the significance of identity and status. In many portraits and photos of Cixi, we can see her towering bun and wearing a big headdress. Cixi not only likes jewelry headdresses, but also likes to wear large velvet flowers. This is because "velvet flower" in Chinese is similar to "splendor" in Manchu, and wearing velvet flower means splendor. Empresses and concubines in the Qing Dynasty wore velvet headdresses all year round for good luck.
Hairpins, the most exquisite ones are jade jewelry head needles, silver jade butterfly needles, butterfly needles, silver-plated jewelry Cui Hua needles, copper-plated jewelry needles and so on. The process of making hairpins is very complicated: firstly, a hairpin frame with a specific shape is made of gold and silver, the circumference of the hairpin frame is higher than one circle, and feathers are inserted in the middle concave part. It is made of turquoise blue and purple feather plush, which was called "Diancui" in ancient times, with a circle of "Phnom Penh", embedded with precious materials such as jade, pearls, tourmaline, coral and precious stones, and decorated with festive and auspicious patterns.
The original meaning of hairpin is link, because wearing a crown requires a tool, so this tool will be called hairpin in the future. This hairpin later became an ornament on women's heads. Noble women "wear resplendent jewels and decorate pearls to drive them away, and are happy to be proud of their pearls."
Hooded wings were popular in the late Qing Dynasty: a hard shell shaped like a sector, about one foot high, hoop and skeleton made of iron wire according to the size of the head circumference, and tires made of cloth and jade. Covered with green satin and green flannel, make a fixed purely decorative head. Wear it on your head when in use, and take it off and put it aside when not in use. It can not only beautify the hair, but also choose and wear it freely. It is said that the big pull wing replaced the two heads combed with a hair rack, which was the original creation of Cixi. Cixi was named empress dowager, but she was actually a queen. Her position is different from that of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. Besides, she lives in luxury and spends a lot of money. Food, clothing, housing and transportation must meet her standards of pursuing beauty.
The gold-encrusted squirrel hairpin is made of gold with 1 ruby set at both ends. The thicker end is carved with the shapes of squirrels and branches, and inlaid with 1 tourmaline and 2 pearls. This gold hairpin is simple in shape and ingenious in conception, which is relatively simple among the gold-inlaid precious stones in the Qing palace.
Ruby earrings inlaid with gold, gold earrings inlaid with rubies, pearls, emeralds, rhinestones, etc. It was purchased by the Qing Palace Interior Office from a jewelry store in Beijing.
Yu Pei said in the Book of Rites: "Ancient gentlemen must wear jade articles. A gentleman has no reason, jade doesn't go, and a gentleman is more than jade. " Metaphor the character of a gentleman with jade. Yu Pei was an ornament for men and women in ancient times.
Lei Si Jin Feng, whose body is made of gold wire, is inlaid with rubies, cat's eyes and pearls at the head and tail. There are pearls in her mouth, and coral tassels and rubies have fallen off (dots and tassels have fallen off).
Oriental pearl earrings inlaid with gold, a pair of 6, 3 for the queen and 2 for the princess.
Qing dynasty:
Qing dynasty empress silk embroidered robe
The queen's court dress consists of court crown, court robe, court dress, court skirt and court beading. The robe is made of bright yellow satin, which is divided into two categories: winter and summer, and mink edge in winter. The basic style of robes consists of lapels, shoulder pads and robes. The collar is embroidered with a dragon pattern. When wearing robes, you must match them. A robe is a garment worn outside a robe. Its style is double-breasted, collarless and sleeveless, and looks like a vest. Also embroidered with dragon rhyme, eight treasures and other patterns. This picture shows a gold embroidered robe worn by Xuan Tong's concubine Wen Xiu in the late Qing Dynasty.
Queen's robe of Jinlong in Qing Dynasty
The queen's court dress consists of court crown, court robe, court dress, court skirt and court beading. The robe is made of bright yellow satin, which is divided into two categories: winter and summer, and mink edge in winter. The basic style of robes consists of lapels, shoulder pads and robes. The collar is embroidered with a dragon pattern. When wearing robes, you must match them. A robe is a garment worn outside a robe. Its style is double-breasted, collarless and sleeveless, and looks like a vest. Also embroidered with dragon rhyme, eight treasures and other patterns. This picture shows the bright yellow satin embroidered multicolored gold robes worn by the Qianlong Empress in Qing Dynasty.
Jifu Gua in Qing Dynasty
The style of Jifu robe in Qing Dynasty is the same as that of dragon robe, which is round neck, double-breasted and split left and right, with straight cuffs. According to the identity of the characters, the embroidered patterns are also different. For example, Mrs. Zhen Guogong, Mrs. Fu Guogong, Mrs. Jun and Mrs. Sanpin all have eight groups of embroidery, all of which are azurite. The picture shows the portrait of Zhang, the wife of Confucius of the 67th generation in Qing Dynasty. In the picture, she wore eight groups of flowers and an auspicious dress.
Gan Qing Huanglong Houchaogua
Empresses and concubines of the Qing Dynasty wore the imperial robes of Empress Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. The style is double-breasted, round neck, sleeveless and cardigan, and the pattern is embroidered with golden dragon pattern all over the body. However, there are several different models. The pattern of the imperial robe in this picture is divided into four layers from top to bottom, separated by gold thread and brocade along the border, with a dragon embroidered on the upper shoulder, and 10 and 65438 dragons embroidered on the second, third and fourth floors respectively. A bright yellow tapestry is hung on the back of the collar, and the tapestry is decorated with jewels. The robe is worn outside the robe. This picture shows the dress of Queen Qing Qianlong.
The Dragon Melon Queen of Qing Dynasty
Empresses and concubines in Qing Dynasty wore robes of Qing Dynasty, round neck, double-breasted buttons, left and right lapels and straight sleeves. Only the queen, empress dowager, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, concubines and concubines can wear the robes. According to the literature, there are two patterns on the queen's robes. There are three kinds of artifacts in the Forbidden City in Beijing, all of which are stone blue: the first kind is decorated with eight groups of five-claw dragons, one group on the shoulder, one group on the chest and back, two groups before and after, two groups before and after, eight treasures at the bottom, water waves and rivers in Shoushan, and water patterns on the sleeves. The second piece is only decorated with eight groups of golden dragons with five claws, and there is no pattern at the bottom and sleeve ends. The third one is decorated with golden dragon with five claws and eight regiments, and the next one is decorated with patterns of water waves, rivers, hills and standing water. Empress, empress dowager, imperial concubine, imperial concubine and imperial concubine are all the same. The dragon robe he wore, with his shoulders in tandem, became four dragons. This picture shows the eight regiments of Mi Zhu Yunlong embroidered by Shi Qing, the empress of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, with water dragon robes. This is the first one.